• Cheery promotional video introduces G20 city Hangzhou to Europe

  Useful Info |

  An advertising video about Hangzhou, the host city of the upcoming G20 summit, was released on Monday and will be seen in Europe in the coming months.

• Tunnel-bus production center faces delays

  Useful Info |

  The production center for an innovative bus that straddles highway lanes to allow cars to pass beneath－a sort of moving tunnel－appears deserted with no sign of construction, raising questions about the scheduled launch in 2017.

• Shenzhen uses carpool lanes to ease congestion

  Useful Info |

  Traffic authorities in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, said high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lane has been a success after it was introduced to help deal with traffic congestion in the city four months ago.

• 2 top airlines will move to new airport

  Useful Info |

  Lower fares likely for international passengers, as well as better services

• Beijing doles out cash rewards for exiting chemical plants

  Useful Info |

  Beijing is offering cash rewards as an incentive for chemical plants that leave the nation's capital. Eighty hazardous chemical plants should be out of the city by 2018, the local work safety watchdog said on Thursday.

• China approves GSK's HPV vaccine

  Useful Info |

  The Chinese mainland government has approved the use of HPV vaccine in a move that could potentially help millions of females, reported yicai.com on Monday.

• Infant formula imports skyrocket since scandals

  Useful Info |

  Imports of infant formula powder have more than tripled in the past five years after a series of food safety scandals involving domestically produced dairy products, according to China's top quality supervision authority.

• Is Beijing really sinking?

  Useful Info |

  Recently, some foreign media reported that excessive pumping of groundwater is causing the geology under Beijing to collapse, which has attracted wide attention. The Water Supplies Bureau of Beijing responded that the decline of groundwater levels has been slowed down currently and it is expected that starting from 2025, the underground water level of Beijing will gradually recover.

• Straddling bus' set for shortened 300-meter test run

  Useful Info |

  The test run of a "straddling bus" that allows cars to drive underneath is likely to be held in Beidaihe District of Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province in August, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Monday.

• Chinese tornado, hailstorm death toll hits 99

  Useful Info |

  NANJING -- The death toll has climbed to 99 after a fierce tornado and storm hit East China's Jiangsu Province, leaving 846 others injured, local authorities said Sunday.